Cambridge IGCSEâ„¢ and O Level Geography Coursebook with Digital Access (2 Years)
We have fully updated this print and digital coursebook to support the Cambridge IGCSEâ„¢ , IGCSE (9-1) and O Level Geography syllabuses (0460/0976/2217) for examination from 2027. With a skills-based approach throughout, our coursebook now includes a dedicated chapter on climate change, a 'Think like a geographer' feature to help students apply their skills to a variety of real-life events, group project activities and more. There are also many opportunities to help students prepare for assessment with practice questions, tasks and a dedicated 'Preparing for assessment' chapter. Access your digital resource via Cambridge GO.
We have fully updated this digital coursebook to support the Cambridge IGCSEâ„¢ , IGCSE (9-1) and O Level Geography syllabuses (0460/0976/2217) for examination from 2027. With a skills-based approach throughout, our coursebook now includes a dedicated chapter on climate change, a 'Think like a geographer' feature to help students apply their skills to a variety of real-life events, group project activities and more. There are also many opportunities to help students prepare for assessment with practice questions, tasks and a dedicated 'Preparing for assessment' chapter. Access your digital resource via Cambridge GO.
Features
- Takes a skills-based approach throughout, with a new geographical enquiry section to help develop fieldwork skills.
- Dedicated climate change chapter explores causes and effects of climate change through a variety of engaging learning features and activities to strengthen understanding.
- Detailed specific examples focus on regional events, with additional videos in each topic, which help students apply their learning to real-life contexts.
- 'Think like a geographer' feature encourages students to apply their skills to a variety of real-world scenarios.
- Projects help put learning into practice and develop key collaboration skills.
- 'Improve your answer' section within each unit includes analysis on sample answers, why they're effective and areas for improvement.
- A dedicated 'Preparing for assessment' section and practice questions for every topic
- Answers are available for teachers within this digital coursebook and teacher's resource.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- How to use this series
- How to use this book
- Foreword Liam Saddington and Amy Munro-Faure
- Introduction
- Introduction to command words
- Geographical Skills
- Theme 1: Physical Geography
- Topic 1 Rivers
- 1.1 Rivers and drainage basins
- 1.2 River processes
- 1.3 River landforms
- 1.4 Hazards, opportunities and management
- 1.5 Detailed specific example: The Mississippi River, USA
- 1.6 Detailed specific example: The Citarum River, Indonesia
- Topic 2 Coastal environments
- 2.1 How physical processes shape the coast
- 2.2 Coastal landforms
- 2.3 Opportunities and challenges of living near coasts
- 2.4 Detailed specific example: Florida, USA
- 2.5 Detailed specific example: The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- Topic 3 Ecosystems
- 3.1 Characteristics of the Antarctic ecosystem
- 3.2 Management of threats to the Antarctic ecosystem
- 3.3 Characteristics of the tropical rainforest ecosystem
- 3.4 Management of threats to tropical rainforests
- 3.5 Detailed specific example: Ecuador
- Topic 4 Tectonic hazards
- 4.1 The Earth's structure
- 4.2 The processes and features of earthquakes and volcanoes
- 4.3 The impacts of tectonic hazards
- 4.4 The management of tectonic hazards
- 4.5 Detailed specific example: T'rkiye
- 4.6 Detailed specific example: Tonga
- Topic 5 Climate change
- 5.1 Causes of climate change
- 5.2 The effects of climate change
- 5.3 Managing climate change
- 5.4 Detailed specific example: India
- Theme 1 Physical Geography: Practice questions
- Theme 2: Human Geography
- Topic 6 Population change
- 6.1 Population growth and decline
- 6.2 Changing population structures
- 6.3 Detailed specific example: Hungary
- 6.4 Causes and impacts of migration
- 6.5 Detailed specific example: International migration from Mexico to the USA
- Topic 7 Changing towns and cities
- 7.1 Where most people live
- 7.2 Opportunities and challenges of urbanisation 7.3 The management of urban growth 7.4 Detailed specific example: Mumbai, India
- Topic 8 The challenge of development 8.1 Defining and measuring development
- 8.2 Uneven development 8.3 Achieving sustainable development
- 8.4 Detailed specific example: Botswana Topic 9 Economic change
- 9.1 Changing economies
- 9.2 Globalisation 9.3 Detailed specific example: Dubai, UAE
- 9.4 Why is tourism a growing global industry?
- 9.5 Detailed specific example: The Maldives Topic
- 10 Resource management
- 10.1 How our food is produced
- 10.2 Global patterns of food supply and demand
- 10.3 The challenges of food supply
- 10.4 Detailed specific example: Haiti
- 10.5 How our energy is produced
- 10.6: Energy supply and demand
- 10.7 A sustainable energy future
- 10.8 Detailed specific example: Qatar
- Theme 2 Human Geography
- Practice questions
- Geographical Enquiry
- Preparing for assessment
- Glossary
- Acknowledgements
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